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words are categorized by chapters in individual lists or features. Features are by topic & present extensive vocabulary, research, articles & narratives.
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RHETORICAL RHAPSODY HOME
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DIRECTORY OF DEVICES
Dramatic Imagery and Expressive Emphasis
Tale of Context and Meaning
Slapstick Comedy of Humor and Wit
The Creative Use of Language
Rhetorical Repetition for Emphasis
Relating to the Word Relations
The Art of a Persuasive Argument
GLOSSARIES OF RHETORIC
Factoring in the Figures of Speech
Methods to Heighten Dramatic Effect
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
See Also: Literary Devices | Poetic Devices
THE RHAPSODY IS A SPECIAL FEATURE OF
TOUCH OF THE INTELLECT
Knowledge - Profound - Speech ~ Grammar
Creativity ~ Technology - Academics
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DIRECTORY OF DEVICES
Dramatic Imagery and Expressive Emphasis
Tale of Context and Meaning
Slapstick Comedy of Humor and Wit
The Creative Use of Language
Rhetorical Repetition for Emphasis
Relating to the Word Relations
The Art of a Persuasive Argument
GLOSSARIES OF RHETORIC
Factoring in the Figures of Speech
Methods to Heighten Dramatic Effect
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
See Also: Literary Devices | Poetic Devices
THE RHAPSODY IS A SPECIAL FEATURE OF
TOUCH OF THE INTELLECT
Knowledge - Profound - Speech ~ Grammar
Creativity ~ Technology - Academics
FACTORING IN THE FIGURES OF SPEECH
Schemas ~ Tropes ~ Effects
TECHNICAL TERMS OF RHETORIC
From (A - F) ~ From (G - N) ~ From O - Z
Schemas ~ Tropes ~ Effects
TECHNICAL TERMS OF RHETORIC
From (A - F) ~ From (G - N) ~ From O - Z
TECHNICAL TERMS OF RHETORIC
TERMINOLOGY FROM O to Z
Oictos - a show of pity or compassion
Ominatio - prophecy of evil
Opening- first part of discourse to gain the attention of the audience
Optatio - a wish exclaimed
Orcos - an oath
Paradeigma - Greek for an argument created by a list of examples that leads to a probable generalized idea
Paradiastole - Greek redescription, usually in a better light
Particular audience - the actual audience the orator addresses
Pathos - Greek for the emotional appeal to an audience in an argument one of aristotle's three proofs
Perfectus orator - Latin for a complete orator
Peroratio - Latin for the last section of a judicial speech where the speaker is the strongest
Petitio - Latin for a letter, an announcement, demand, or request
Phronesis - Greek for practical wisdom; common sense
Physis - Greek for nature
Pian - from ancient China, the art of disputing
Pistis - Greek for belief
Plausibility - rhetoric that is believable right away due to its association with something that the audience already knows or has experienced
Position - the stance taken by a rhetor that s/he is attempting to prove through argumentation
Positivism - belief that science, math, or logic can prove any reasonable claim
Praedicandi ars - Latin for preaching
Pragmatism - approach based on practical consideration and immediate perception to the exclusion of moral (in the sense of 'should') and ethic arguments
Pragmatographia - description of an action (such as a battle, a feast, a marriage, a burial, etc)
Presence - choosing to emphasize certain facts and ideas instead of others, leading the audience along that path
Presumption - an idea is reasonable or acceptable only until it is sufficiently challenged
Pronuntiato - Latin for the delivery of an oration or an argument in a manner befitting the subject matter and style, while maintaining control of voice and body
Protreptic - Greek for the potential to persuade through language
Prudence - judging practically
Psogos - Greek for blame
Psychagogos - Greek for a poet
Psyche - Greek for the mind or soul
Public sphere - place where individuals can engage in discussion without the political or state interests interfering
Purpose - what the speaker or writer is trying to do with language
Quaestiones - Greek for debatable points around which disputes are centered
Rebuttal -conditions on the acceptability of a claim
Res -Latin for an argument's substance
Rhetor - a person who is in the course of presenting or preparing rhetorical discourse
Rhetores - Greek for those who make a living by speaking persuasively
Rhetoric - the study and practice of good effective expression also a type of discourse- focusing on goals of the speech or piece of writing that attempts to sway the mind of the audience
Rhetoric of fiction - the idea that the author's judgement is always present in a narrative
Rhetorical - audience those who can be persuaded by rhetoric
Rhetorical discourse - discourse created within the boundary of the principles of rhetoric
Rhetorical opposition - idea that there are two sides to everything
Rhetorical question - question asked to make a point instead of to elicit a direct answer
Rhetorical situation - scenario that contains a speech act, including the considerations (purpose, audience, author/speaker, constraints to name a few) that play a role in how the act is produced and perceived by its audience
Rhetorical theory - the organized presentation of the art or rhetoric, descriptions of the various functions of rhetoric, and clarifications of how rhetoric achieves its goals
Salience - agenda; meaning or spin of the basic components of all rhetorical struggles,
Salon - intellectual assembly in an aristocratic setting; primarily associated with france in the 17th and 18th centuries
Salutatio - Latin for a written greeting
Scientific method - a system of observing and analyzing data through induction;
Scientific reasoning - moving from axioms to actual conclusions also syllogistic logic
Scientism - applying scientific assumptions to subjects that are not completely natural
Scientistic -way of looking at the nature of language as a way of naming or defining something ex 'it is' or 'it is not'
Semantics - philosophical study of language that deals with its connection to perceptions of reality
Semiotics - branch of semantics concerning language and communication as a system of symbols
Sensus communis - Latin for a society's basic beliefs and values
Sententia - applying a general truth to a situation by quoting a maxim or other wise saying as a conclusion or summary of that situation
Shui - formal persuasion in ancient China
Sign - term from semiotics that describes something that has meaning through its connection to something else, like words
Signifying - term from semiotics that describes the method through which meaning is created with arbitrary signs
Skepticism - type of thought that questions whether universal truth exists and is attainable by humans
Sophists - considered the first professional teachers of oratory and rhetoric (ancient Greece 4th century BC)
Starting points - the place between the speaker and audience where the argument can begin
Stasis system - system of finding arguments by means of looking at ideas that are contradictory
Status quo - Latin for the generally accepted existing condition or state of affairs
Symbol - a visual or metaphorical representation of an idea or concept
Symbolic inducement - rhetoric
Sympheron - Greek for the path that is to one's advantage
Taxis - the distribution of a proper adjunct to every subject
Techne - Greek for a true art
Terministic screens - the way in which the world is viewed when taking languages and words into consideration
Theme - the central topic of discussion
Thesis - the major claim or premise made in an argument to be proved or dis-proved
Topical systems - methods for finding arguments
Topos - a line or specific style of argument
Toulmin model - a method of diagramming arguments created by stephen toulmin that identifies such components as backing, claim, data, qualifier, rebuttal, and warrant
Translative - issue dealing with procedure of an ensuing case
Trivium - Latin grammar, rhetoric, and logic taught in schools during the medieval period
Universal audience - an audience consisting of all humankind (most specifically of adult age and normal mental capacity)
Validity - apprehension over the structure of an argument
Validity claim - claiming to have made a correct statement
Verba - the part of an argument that advances the subject matter
Visual rhetoric - a theoretical framework describing how visual images communicate, as opposed to aural or verbal messages
Vir bonus dicendi peritus - Latin for the good man skilled at speaking well
Warrant - link between data and a claim
Ways and means - one of the five main matters that aristotle claims political speakers make speeches on it consists of the speaker's country's revenue and sources, as well as the expenditures of the country
Source
Ominatio - prophecy of evil
Opening- first part of discourse to gain the attention of the audience
Optatio - a wish exclaimed
Orcos - an oath
Paradeigma - Greek for an argument created by a list of examples that leads to a probable generalized idea
Paradiastole - Greek redescription, usually in a better light
Particular audience - the actual audience the orator addresses
Pathos - Greek for the emotional appeal to an audience in an argument one of aristotle's three proofs
Perfectus orator - Latin for a complete orator
Peroratio - Latin for the last section of a judicial speech where the speaker is the strongest
Petitio - Latin for a letter, an announcement, demand, or request
Phronesis - Greek for practical wisdom; common sense
Physis - Greek for nature
Pian - from ancient China, the art of disputing
Pistis - Greek for belief
Plausibility - rhetoric that is believable right away due to its association with something that the audience already knows or has experienced
Position - the stance taken by a rhetor that s/he is attempting to prove through argumentation
Positivism - belief that science, math, or logic can prove any reasonable claim
Praedicandi ars - Latin for preaching
Pragmatism - approach based on practical consideration and immediate perception to the exclusion of moral (in the sense of 'should') and ethic arguments
Pragmatographia - description of an action (such as a battle, a feast, a marriage, a burial, etc)
Presence - choosing to emphasize certain facts and ideas instead of others, leading the audience along that path
Presumption - an idea is reasonable or acceptable only until it is sufficiently challenged
Pronuntiato - Latin for the delivery of an oration or an argument in a manner befitting the subject matter and style, while maintaining control of voice and body
Protreptic - Greek for the potential to persuade through language
Prudence - judging practically
Psogos - Greek for blame
Psychagogos - Greek for a poet
Psyche - Greek for the mind or soul
Public sphere - place where individuals can engage in discussion without the political or state interests interfering
Purpose - what the speaker or writer is trying to do with language
Quaestiones - Greek for debatable points around which disputes are centered
Rebuttal -conditions on the acceptability of a claim
Res -Latin for an argument's substance
Rhetor - a person who is in the course of presenting or preparing rhetorical discourse
Rhetores - Greek for those who make a living by speaking persuasively
Rhetoric - the study and practice of good effective expression also a type of discourse- focusing on goals of the speech or piece of writing that attempts to sway the mind of the audience
Rhetoric of fiction - the idea that the author's judgement is always present in a narrative
Rhetorical - audience those who can be persuaded by rhetoric
Rhetorical discourse - discourse created within the boundary of the principles of rhetoric
Rhetorical opposition - idea that there are two sides to everything
Rhetorical question - question asked to make a point instead of to elicit a direct answer
Rhetorical situation - scenario that contains a speech act, including the considerations (purpose, audience, author/speaker, constraints to name a few) that play a role in how the act is produced and perceived by its audience
Rhetorical theory - the organized presentation of the art or rhetoric, descriptions of the various functions of rhetoric, and clarifications of how rhetoric achieves its goals
Salience - agenda; meaning or spin of the basic components of all rhetorical struggles,
Salon - intellectual assembly in an aristocratic setting; primarily associated with france in the 17th and 18th centuries
Salutatio - Latin for a written greeting
Scientific method - a system of observing and analyzing data through induction;
Scientific reasoning - moving from axioms to actual conclusions also syllogistic logic
Scientism - applying scientific assumptions to subjects that are not completely natural
Scientistic -way of looking at the nature of language as a way of naming or defining something ex 'it is' or 'it is not'
Semantics - philosophical study of language that deals with its connection to perceptions of reality
Semiotics - branch of semantics concerning language and communication as a system of symbols
Sensus communis - Latin for a society's basic beliefs and values
Sententia - applying a general truth to a situation by quoting a maxim or other wise saying as a conclusion or summary of that situation
Shui - formal persuasion in ancient China
Sign - term from semiotics that describes something that has meaning through its connection to something else, like words
Signifying - term from semiotics that describes the method through which meaning is created with arbitrary signs
Skepticism - type of thought that questions whether universal truth exists and is attainable by humans
Sophists - considered the first professional teachers of oratory and rhetoric (ancient Greece 4th century BC)
Starting points - the place between the speaker and audience where the argument can begin
Stasis system - system of finding arguments by means of looking at ideas that are contradictory
Status quo - Latin for the generally accepted existing condition or state of affairs
Symbol - a visual or metaphorical representation of an idea or concept
Symbolic inducement - rhetoric
Sympheron - Greek for the path that is to one's advantage
Taxis - the distribution of a proper adjunct to every subject
Techne - Greek for a true art
Terministic screens - the way in which the world is viewed when taking languages and words into consideration
Theme - the central topic of discussion
Thesis - the major claim or premise made in an argument to be proved or dis-proved
Topical systems - methods for finding arguments
Topos - a line or specific style of argument
Toulmin model - a method of diagramming arguments created by stephen toulmin that identifies such components as backing, claim, data, qualifier, rebuttal, and warrant
Translative - issue dealing with procedure of an ensuing case
Trivium - Latin grammar, rhetoric, and logic taught in schools during the medieval period
Universal audience - an audience consisting of all humankind (most specifically of adult age and normal mental capacity)
Validity - apprehension over the structure of an argument
Validity claim - claiming to have made a correct statement
Verba - the part of an argument that advances the subject matter
Visual rhetoric - a theoretical framework describing how visual images communicate, as opposed to aural or verbal messages
Vir bonus dicendi peritus - Latin for the good man skilled at speaking well
Warrant - link between data and a claim
Ways and means - one of the five main matters that aristotle claims political speakers make speeches on it consists of the speaker's country's revenue and sources, as well as the expenditures of the country
Source
DIRECTORY OF GLOSSARIES
FACTORING IN THE FIGURES OF SPEECH
Schemas ~ Tropes ~ Effects
TECHNICAL TERMS OF RHETORIC
From (A - F) ~ From (G - N) ~ From O - Z
FACTORING IN THE FIGURES OF SPEECH
Schemas ~ Tropes ~ Effects
TECHNICAL TERMS OF RHETORIC
From (A - F) ~ From (G - N) ~ From O - Z
